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Baccalaureate dental hygiene graduates' perceptions of community dental health employment. 1980

E L Hunter, and P P Rossman

A survey was conducted on 352 University of Iowa baccalaureate dental hygiene graduates to determine the percentage of graduates that had been employed in community dental health, the percentage that were interested in community dental health, employment, and the respondents' perceptions of community dental health employment as it related to the dental hygienist. Specific findings of the study included: 1. Less than 15 percent of the respondents had been employed in community dental health. 2. Nearly 40 percent of the respondents were interested in community dental health employment. 3. Subjects were more opinionated and had more positive impressions of the intrinsic factors than of the extrinsic factors that affect the dental hygienist's employment in community dental health. 4. Subjects who were interested in and/or who had been employed in community dental health had significantly greater positive impressions of community dental health employment than those not interested.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007588	Job Satisfaction	Personal satisfaction relative to the work situation.	Work Satisfaction,Job Satisfactions,Satisfaction, Job,Satisfaction, Work,Satisfactions, Job,Satisfactions, Work,Work Satisfactions
D011636	Public Health Dentistry	A dental specialty concerned with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of oral health through promoting organized dental health programs at a community, state, or federal level.	Dentistry, Public Health
D002321	Career Choice	Selection of a type of occupation or profession.	Career Choices,Choice, Career,Choices, Career
D003149	Community Dentistry	The practice of dentistry concerned with preventive as well as diagnostic and treatment programs in a circumscribed population.	Dentistry, Community
D003756	Dental Hygienists	Persons trained in an accredited school or dental college and licensed by the state in which they reside to provide dental prophylaxis under the direction of a licensed dentist.	Dental Hygienist,Hygienist, Dental,Hygienists, Dental
D004651	Employment	The state of being engaged in an activity or service for wages or salary.	Employment Termination,Employment Status,Labor Force,Occupational Status,Status, Occupational,Underemployment,Labor Forces,Status, Employment,Termination, Employment
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001291	Attitude of Health Personnel	Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc.	Staff Attitude,Attitude, Staff,Attitudes, Staff,Health Personnel Attitude,Health Personnel Attitudes,Staff Attitudes
D012456	Salaries and Fringe Benefits	The remuneration paid or benefits granted to an employee.	Fringe Benefits,Wages,Paternity Benefits,Pay Equity,Salaries,Benefit, Fringe,Benefit, Paternity,Benefits, Fringe,Benefits, Paternity,Equities, Pay,Equity, Pay,Fringe Benefit,Paternity Benefit,Pay Equities,Salary,Wage